Oil Reclamation Mixture

ABSTRACT

An oil reclamation mixture consisting of an activating compound, mechanical coagulant and co-factors. Oil spills and their resultant contamination of life is an ongoing threat that affects the entire bio-ecosystem (marine and terrestrial, alike) and to financial markets. By using a mixture of natural ingredients and chemical principles, the threats to ecosystems are mitigated. Traditionally Oil Dispersants have been used to spread out the contamination, however, in our mixture utilizes non-toxic off the shelf ingredients to provide a product that induces free oil floating on the surface of water to coagulate and form aggregate clumps for easy of skimming off the surface in a clean up operation. Because less toxic materials are used, inhabitants and marine life of the affected area are less impacted financially and physically. The oil can also be reclaimed and recycled out of the recovered materials that are skimmed. Because no toxic materials are used to lock up and coagulate the oil material, this process is seen as new and unique.

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BACKGROUND

This SPEC is a replacement SPEC, and contains no new matter.

Oil reclamation is big business, recently with the BP spill. We have developed this product with that in mind, making this process less toxic and more cost effective and with less of an impact on the environment and its marine or terrestrial inhabitants. It works quickly to isolate spilled organic materials so they can be skimmed out of the environment and processed to reclaim the spilt or lost product. We have developed an Oil Reclamation Mixture that is new and unique using all natural organic material that decomposes and is therefore a more environmentally friendly and “green” option for oil spills.

Current U.S. Classification: 502/402; 210/502.1; 210/922; 210/924; 252/60; 405/62; 405/63; 52 1/79; 525/148; 525/163

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to an Oil Reclamation Mixture and a method of cleaning mistakenly spilt oil from transport, off-shore drilling and/or land-based drilling.

Oil reclamation is big business, recently with the BP spill. We have developed this product with that in mind, while making this process less toxic, more cost effective and with less of an impact on the environment and its marine or terrestrial inhabitants. It works quickly to isolate spilled organic materials so they can be skimmed out of the environment and processed to reclaim the spilt or lost product.

A) Traditionally large quantities of oil dispersant have been used at Exxon Valdeez or BP's disaster in the Gulf Coast. This technology offered is not a dispersant per se, but a aggregator or coagulant that still allows the material to float so that it can be skimmed off the top of the water and isolated. By isolating and extracting the spillage material, it can be removed as a threat to wildlife, the ecosystem and or terrestrial inhabitants that will encounter it at water's edge, or in their drinking water.

B) It is well known in the prior art to provide a material that can break up oil at a spill using a detergent. What we are providing is something different, it helps is the solidification and aggregation of the oil that is spilled so its removal can be executed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND BEST MODE OF IMPLEMENTATION References (Incorporated Herein by Reference)

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I Claim:
 1. A biodegradable organic oil reclamation composition consisting of: a) non-toxic composition for spreading onto the oil-contaminated ariace b) wherein the contaminated surface is over water, either salt or fresh, or lands.
 2. The biodegradable organic oil reclamation composition of claim 1, wherein the composition is made up of natural materials and a proprietary non-toxic chemical admixture modifiers.
 3. The composition of claim 2, wherein the composition, when used together, have the correct chemistry to dean up an oil spill.
 4. The coagulated mixture of claim 1, wherein once the oil is trapped and bound up, can then be reclaimed and processed to recover at least a portion of the spilled oil content.
 5. The coagulated mixture of claims 2 and 3, wherein the coagulated mixture is readily removed by skimming in water or sweeping while on and.
 6. The coagulated mixture of claim 5, wherein the coagulated mixture is further processed to remove at least a portion of the oil content. 